Leaning over the rail at Farris Stadium, one of the roughly 80 fans in attendance offered his assessment of UTSA’s first practice Wednesday to another: ”We need to get a running game.” To which I can only say, really? After no more than 20 full-contact plays at the end of an inaugural practice that went more […]
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Got an e-mail forwarded to me from a member of the UTSA brass. A little bit dated at this point, but still faintly interesting. The summary: the Western Athletic Conference has assembled a “membership committee” to begin officially assessing candidates to restock the league in an effort to maintain its solvency. In it’s entirety: DENVER […]
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As per the press release, UTSA season ticket sales will go on sale to UTSA almuni at a special function on Sept. 16, and to the general public on Oct. 5. More details can be found at the UTSA web site.
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UTSA’s first practice has now been re-rescheduled for the unusual hour of 8 p.m. tomorrow at Farris Stadium. Bad for us media hacks, who will now be sweating deadline like a regular game, but good for any fans who want to check out the Roadrunners. Provided the city’s still isn’t getting drenched by Hurrican/Tropical Storm […]
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Even while sharing the backfield with one of the nation’s top recruits, Madison running back Troy Williams continues to distinguish himself his season, following up a solid all-around game in an opening victory over Steele with a career-high 209 yards (182 in the first half) in Friday’s loss to Kerrville Tivy. If Williams can keep […]
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With players and coaches coming and going, and nothing too specific to talk about, Friday’s football media day was a bit of a mismash. I got plenty of stuff on the start of practice on Tuesday, and what the team has been doing over the past two weeks since enrolling — several walkthroughs and lots […]
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Just filed the lead, but with rush-hour traffic to fight to get to my Friday night football assignment (Round Rock at Steele), I don’t have the time yet to scour back through my notes. Nothing Earth-shattering, as the Roadrunners won’t begin practice until Tuesday, but it was still good to grab as many players as […]
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So it appears that BYU will indeed follow through on its plan to go independent in football. The good news for the Western Athletic Conference: BYU, who had initially planned on joining the league in all other sports while pursuing football independence, stuck to its guns and did not slink back to the Mountain West […]
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Needing to give the Mountain West Conference a decision on whether it intends to rejoin the conference or continue with its plans to pursue football independence by Wednesday, it sounds as if BYU is doing everything in its power to move forward. While the Western Athletic Conference wouldn’t be saved if BYU did indeed move […]
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